Hybrid method for simulation of passive structures in RF-MMICs

Author

Broido, B. ; Lukashevich, D. ; Russer, P.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztechnik, Technische Univ. Munchen, Germany

fYear

2003

fDate

11-11 April 2003

Firstpage

182

Lastpage

185

Abstract

The exact modelling of the properties of transmission line structures in microwave monolithic integrated circuits (MMICs) requires full-wave modelling of the electromagnetic field in the semiconductor and insulator regions as well as within the conductors. The transverse dimensions of the transmission structures at the frequency above 10 GHz are comparable to the skin depth. Therefore the accurate simulation of the electromagnetic field inside the conductors is necessary. In this paper we combine the transmission line matrix (TLM) and mode matching (MM) methods for full-wave analysis of transmission lines and discontinuities in RF-MMICs.

Keywords

MMIC; integrated circuit modelling; mode matching; radiofrequency integrated circuits; transmission line matrix methods; 10 GHz; RF-MMIC; conductor; discontinuity; electromagnetic field; full-wave model; hybrid simulation; mode matching; passive structure; transmission line matrix; Circuit simulation; Conductors; Distributed parameter circuits; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic modeling; Insulation; Integrated circuit modeling; MMICs; Monolithic integrated circuits; Transmission line matrix methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, 2003. Digest of Papers. 2003 Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Grainau, Germany

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7787-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMIC.2003.1196700

Filename

1196700